ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014\u00a0UT Arlington (10-12, 4-6 UAC) lost to North Ala. (17-6, 7-3 UAC) 3-1 on Saturday. The Mavericks won the opening set 25-16 before dropping the next three sets 23-25, 20-25 and 23-25.<\/p>\n
HOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n
The opening set stayed even through 9-9, with Karisa Martin<\/a> delivering two early kills for the Mavericks while North Ala. countered with points from Olivia Fenoff and Kendall Buckley. Martin’s kill broke the tie, and Samantha Glenn<\/a> served the Mavericks through six straight points as Hana Aiana<\/a> had consecutive kills and Evyn Snook<\/a> added three kills to make it 16-9. North Ala. pulled to 16-11 on a Mavericks attack error and Fenoff’s ace, but UTA moved back ahead 20-12 with help from a Snook kill, a North Ala. attack error and a Snook ace. Lucy Tricco<\/a> and Dixie Nessl<\/a> added late kills, and Snook scored the final two UTA points to close a 25-16 set win.<\/p>\n Snook accounted for five early kills as the Mavericks and the Lions moved through a tight start, with Eliana Collins’<\/a> kill from Tricco bringing the set even at 13-13. North Ala. moved ahead 18-14 behind kills from Phoebe Reyes Fortunato and Olivia Fenoff and a pair of UTA attack errors. UTA cut it to 18-17 with three straight points, two on blocks by Nessl and Martin, before the Lions pushed back to 21-18. Snook’s late kill helped UTA pull even at 22-22, but UNA scored the next two points, and after a service error made it 24-23, Fenoff closed the set with a kill for a 25-23 North Ala. win.<\/p>\n The third set was tied 3-3 before UNA scored six straight points, including three Landri Ross service aces, to move in front 9-3. The Mavericks were still down 13-6 when Martin had a kill, Evyn Snook<\/a> added a kill and Camryn McMinn<\/a> served an ace during a stretch that brought the Mavericks within 14-13. After the Lions pushed back ahead 16-13, the Mavericks tied the set at 16-16 on a Snook kill and later pulled even again at 19-19 after a McMinn kill and a UNA attack error. Dixie Nessl’s<\/a> kill kept the Mavericks within 21-20, but North Ala. scored the final four points, finishing the set with a Kinslee McGowan ace for a 25-20 decision.<\/p>\n After UNA moved in front 2-1, UTA used kills from Evyn Snook<\/a>, Hana Aiana<\/a> and Martin plus service aces from Samantha Glenn<\/a> and Lily Hopkins<\/a> to go ahead 6-3. North Ala. answered with five straight points to move ahead 8-6, but a Jenna Kolosta attack error and Aiana’s kill from Tricco brought the set back to 8-8. UNA later built a 13-9 lead; the Mavericks closed to 14-13 on Camryn McMinn’s<\/a> ace, and after North Ala. went ahead 18-16, Aiana and McMinn delivered consecutive kills to tie it at 18-18. UNA moved ahead 23-19, the Mavericks cut it to 23-22 on a service error and kills by McMinn and Martin, and after Dylann Garner’s kill made it 24-22 and a North Ala. sanction gave the Mavericks one more point, Reese Ricketts followed with a kill for the 25-23 set score. Game Notes<\/p>\n
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\n\tEvyn Snook<\/a> led the Mavericks with 18 kills and 19 points.
\n\tKarisa Martin<\/a> followed behind Snook for the Mavericks with eight kills, while Camryn McMinn<\/a> accumulated seven kills.
\n\tFreshman Dixie Nessl<\/a> led in hitting percentage at .385.
\n\tFreshman Lucy Tricco<\/a> led the game in assists with 38, while Martin led the game in total blocks with 5.0.\u00a0
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\nUTA will head to Richmond, Kentucky to face Eastern Kentucky on Thurs., Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n
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